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General Overview

Specific Superstitions

Other Superstitions

Georgia Superstitions and Folklore

A profile of the folklore, legends, proverbs, and superstitions of Georgia

Highlights of This Profile Ever wonder about strange behavior? Understanding the fears, myths, taboos, proverbs, legends, and folklore specific to Georgia will help you get a handle on all kinds of cultural oddities. Superstitions have the potential to affect everything from government, politics, business, public life, family life, travel, and social conduct. Understanding them can prove advantageous for what travelers and business professionals might expect and how they can approach or prepare for their foreign counterparts in and from Georgia. Youíll avoid potential faux pas, get familiar with local customs, and educate yourself about what people are doing and why.

This colorful report provides a deeper look at an array of lore that includes anything from spirits, ghosts, monsters, urban myths, old wivesí tales, occult practices, and luck charms. It takes selected major superstitions, legends, and folklore of Georgia and discusses their origins, their stories as told in the country, and associated traditions. It also includes proverbs and sayings unique to the country.

Find out how superstitious Georgians really are and learn about their taboos and fears, both old and modern alikeóanything from good and bad luck charms and actions, holidays such as New Yearís, numerology, money, birth and pregnancy, weddings, death and dying, maladies, animals, food, house and home, colors, and more. Not only is it fascinating, itíll give you something to talk about.